database - Access from PHP to .mdb file on Ubuntu

Question

I've got a problem of obtaining access to .mdb file (MS-Access db) on Ubuntu. I need full access(read and write too).
Originally project was built on Windows using odbc (and everything has worked well). But when I moved it on linux-server appeared problems.
At the moment PHP-extensions for work with odbc are installed. But I can't find any free ODBC-driver for work with Access. I've tried to use MDB Tools but seems it works only for reading.
Maybe somebody can suggest any solution? Usage of some another DB is not appropriate, because my boss is against it.
Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

By installing mdbtools from the Linux repository you can work with mdb in Linux. mdbtools is a free package that can solve your problem.

Take a look at this tutorial